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NEA
(redirected from Near-Earth asteroid)

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NEANational Education Association
NEANational Endowment for the Arts
NEANational Environment Agency (Singapore)
NEANew Enterprise Associates (VC firm)
NEANuclear Energy Agency
NEANear-Earth Asteroid
NEABureau of Near Eastern Affairs (US Department of State)
NEANepal Electricity Authority
NEANewspaper Enterprise Association
NEANational Electrification Administration (Philippines)
NEANew England Aquarium
NEANorth East Asia
NEANoreste Argentino (Spanish: Argentine Noth East Region)
NEANegative Electron Affinity
NEANitrogen Enriched Air
NEANational Editorial Association
NEANational Economic Association
NEANational Erectors Association
NEANoise Equivalent Angle
NEANational Energy Act of 1978
NEANew Evangelization of America
NEANon-Explosive Actuator
NEANational Employment Association
NEANaroff Economic Advisors
NEANetz-Ersatz-Anlage (German)
NEANet Earning Assets
NEANiagara Enterprise Agency
NEANew England Anime
NEANaval Exercise Area
NEANot Enough Acronyms
NEANet Expenditure Accrued
NEANumber of Enrollee Attempts (biometrics)
NEANelson and Albemarle Railway
NEANearly Everything Anonymous (12 Step Program for Recovery)
NEANiagara Electrical Association
NEANational Energy Administration (various locations)
NEANon-Earning Assets (finance)


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The hardware in the satellite would be able to switch from, say, an atmospheric pollution sensor to a near-Earth asteroid detector.
Nick Kaiser, a scientist who works on the project, says the Pan-STARRS telescope has been designed to find "90 percent of all killer asteroids, near-Earth asteroids bigger than 300 meters.
Because the method requires several years of advance warning, it could also inspire more-detailed surveys of near-Earth asteroids, he adds.
 
 
 
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